Film Poster

Shown is our completed poster for our film 'Marilyn'. One slight change has been made since the taking of this photograph and that is the age certificate in the bottom right hand corner. Instead of it being classified for 18 and above it has now been certified for 15 and above after numerous participants in our feedback groups felt that this age would also be suited to the film's violence and that it would also broaden our audiences in cinema, boosting sales. We decided to use a variety of different fonts that matched our chosen genre such as calligraphy writing in the films title; 'Marilyn' and a typewriter style font for our production companys name and web address, to link with the detective theme.
In order to become eye catching to our audience, we chose a strong white backdrop so not to loose attention of Marilyn being the main focal point in the poster. We also used strong, harsh colours such as reds and blacks to indicate negativity and to simplistically connote blood and death.
Adding the two ratings either side of the photo gives other people's trusting views and opinions on the film, as we realised most people today rely on other forms of media to tell them whats good and whats not. This is because people today are sucked into this whole idea that the media are right when it comes to opinions on other forms of media and so this where the hypodermic needle theory steps in.